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  • I had been Iying in an angle of the hedge close by the highroad, and just a little lower down was a long building, which proved, upon my ap - proaching it, to be the very station at which I had arrived upon the previous night.

    Sole Music 2010

  • But now the torches of the garrison of the upper pass were ap proaching.

    Labor Policy John Dermot Woods 2010

  • Ap-proaching, she reached toward him, fingers ex'tended-

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • They did not prevent him from seeing the ap-proaching hellhound.

    The Chronicles of Riddick Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2004

  • The archers could not hear him over the roar of the ap - proaching flames.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • Pulaski emerged from her reverie and saw Burtin ap proaching.

    A CALL TO DARKNESS MICHAEL JAN FRIEDMAN 2000

  • Walker was digging frantically in the rocks, his back to the ap - proaching monsters.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • Both Rocs screamed in fury at the ap - proaching Shrikes, their hatred of their enemies as great as that of their enemies for them.

    Ilse Witch Brooks, Terry 2000

  • She appeared to be ap-proaching late middle age, though it was hard to be sure.

    The Howling Stones Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1997

  • Cordelia Delgado, who thought the happiest day of her life would be the one when she finally saw her troublesome niece out the door and the annoying business other defloration finally over, bolted out other chair and hurried to the kitchen window when she heard the gallop of ap-proaching hoofs about two hours after Susan had left with that little scrap of a maid to have one of her dresses refitted.

    Wizard and Glass King, Stephen 1997

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